DATA SCIENTIST
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Position Overview & Specifications
Data Scientist – £50,000- £70,000 (€40,000 – €60,000) plus benefits – London or Barcelona (hybrid)
A leading mobile gaming company is looking for a technical, data-driven Data Scientist to join their team due to high demand.
Your primary focus will be doing statistical analysis and building time-series and machine learning models. You will be looking at the behaviours of their players, user segmentation and will work closely with the User Acquisition team, to advise them on optimal budget allocation across countries, channels, and platforms and help devise strategies to improve user targeting.
Key Benefits for a Data Scientist
- Salary up to £70,000/ €60,000 plus benefits and bonus
- The opportunity to work as a Data Scientist in a leading social gaming company
- A wide range of data science engagements, including machine learning, statistical/mathematical modelling and predictive analytics etc
Requirements
- Degree in a quantitative field required
- 2+ years working experience (you can count time spent in research environment, e.g during PhD, towards that).
- Strong SQL
- Experience coding in Python or R
- Experience in statistical inference and building forecasting/predictive models
- Ability to explain ideas and present results to non-technical audiences
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Experience with Bayesian modelling will be advantageous
Tech Stack
- Analytics: Python (pandas, scikit-learn, pymc3, statsmodels, bokeh, mpl), SQL, Jupyter notebooks or R
- Big Data: AWS Redshift, Apache Spark, S3
- ETL: python, SQL, Spark, Scala, MongoDB
- Data viz: D3.js, re:dash, Tableau, bokeh
Benefits
- 10% Bonus
- 25 days holiday + Barcelona bank holidays & Christmas
- Up to 5% employer pension contribution with Aviva
- Private Health insurance with Vitality
- Full dental and Life Insurance
- Long term disability insurance
Please apply below or contact Natasha U’Ren-Ashdown at nuren@chisquare-group.com or call +44 7825 006435 for a confidential chat.
KEYWORDS: Statistics/ Bayesian/ Hypothesis/ Testing/ Machine Learning/ R/ SQL/ Python/ Data Science/ Forecasting/ Predictive Analysis
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Onboarding & Corporate Integration
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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for DATA SCIENTIST roles across Chi Square Gaming's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £60,000 - £60,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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